Latinos are nearly twice as likely as Whites to be fatally shot by police. So why aren’t they included in the national conversation about policing and racism?
The young boy was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer two months ago following a foot chase in an alley. The incident was caught on body cam video, and the release of the footage sparked intense backlash and outrage.
“This child from Little Village is the youngest victim to be shot by Chicago police in the past 30 years,” said attorney Adeena Weiss Ortiz.
During an unveiling of a new mural honoring Toledo’s life near Ogden and Lawndale, the family shared their vision to open Adam’s Place more than three and a half hours away from Chicago in a small town of Potosi, Wisconsin.
Matt Masterson | May 26, 2021 2:47 pm
Adam Toledo’s mother Betty, second from right, wipes away tears as family members of the 13-year-old fatally shot by police on March 29, 2021 announce the launch of a nonprofit honoring their son and brother on May 26, 2021. (Matt Masterson / WTTW News)
Members of Adam Toledo’s family wiped away tears and recounted memories of their son and brother on what would have been his 14th birthday as they announced the start of a new program aimed at helping at-risk boys. Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in the Little Village neighborhood nearly two months ago, on March 29.